TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Skiff’s co-founders Andrew Milich (CEO) and Jason Ginsberg (CTO) announced today that the startup has raised $3.7 Alphabet chairman John Hennessy, former Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang, and Eventbrite co-founders Julia and Kevin Hartz also participated in the round. It seems to be working.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. That’s why Roger Smith puts the focus of the CTO on programming for the earliest stage.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

It was like having a bunch of mini- Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions all in one room. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups. There are two kinds of advisors that are commonly needed. Strategic Technical Advisor. Tactical Technical Advisor.

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CIO

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Salesforce recently released two autonomous AI sales agents , one that engages with inbound prospects and another that coaches sales reps. CIOs should then measure the impact of employee experience across multiple roles, personas, departments, and geographies and adjust change management programs accordingly.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. Then we discussed how they could go about finding this startup business advisor. Do you have any suggestions for how to find a good mentor?

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit. Accounting?

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Moreover, undertaking digital transformation and technology modernization programs without an architect can lead to delays, technical debt , higher costs, and security vulnerabilities. Many organizations create program charters for strategic initiatives in which they define the program’s leadership roles and accountabilities.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 23, 2020

Often considered a tech guru of the company or the smartest programmer in the room, the title of CTO alone indicates that the company is doing something big with technology. With this article, we’ll dip a toe into the field of the multiple responsibilities of an average CTO. The role of CTO.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Editor's note: Dave Mihelcic has been a leader, mentor and friend to thousands, including me. The following is from: DISA CTO Retirement . Chief technology officer to retire after 31 years of government service. I wish him the very best in his transition from government service.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

The company, which focuses on working with remote-first startups, launched in 2019, with co-founders Greg Gunn (CEO) and Beier Cai (CTO), who met as early employees at Hootsuite, bootstrapping the company while they worked out the details of how they wanted Commit to work. Poor onboarding is the enemy of good hiring.

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CIO

JULY 7, 2023

Here, 13 CIOs and heads of IT in a variety of industries speak about the programs they listen to and why. Kelvin Franklin, field CTO at Illumio CIO Mind I find Gartner’s CIO Mind podcast to be especially insightful and relevant to the work I’m doing. I learn a lot hearing from my peers on how they carved out success in their sectors.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

I received an inquiry from a reader of my blog and thought I would provide some thoughts, but would definitely welcome input: I am an unpaid CTO of a small startup. Find a lawyer and someone who does CTO searches for VC backed companies in your area. During all this time, valuation pitched to the investors was in the $1M – $3M range.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Check the complete agenda to explore all of the programming across every stage at Disrupt. Framing Innovation Through Collaborations Big and Small : AT&T CTO Jeremy Legg and Boddle Learning co-founders, Edna Martinson and Clarence Tan. You’ll find these partner sessions over at the TC+ stage. Sponsored by Q-CTRL.

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Modern CTO

AUGUST 26, 2024

Today, we’re talking to Zach Goldberg, CTO at Gruntwork and Executive Leadership Coach. We discuss the biggest takeaways from his book, “The Startup CTO’s Handbook,” what mistakes CTOs keep making, the ethics baked into AI, and much more. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As notably, despite introducing a far smaller number of teams to investors than Y Combinator and more renowned accelerator programs, there always seem to be at least one or two projects in Pear’s Demo Day mix that turn into actual, sustainable and, sometimes, sizable companies. Founders: Matt Alston (CEO), Melissa Zhang (CTO).

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

In exchange for 14 weeks of help with everything from product-market fit to the go-to-market strategy a team should employ, the startups in Pear’s accelerator program give Pear the right to invest from $500,000 to $750,000 in each team at a valuation that it caps at $10 million. Founders: Pol Hevia (CEO), Joaquim Tresserra (CTO).

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CIO

JULY 26, 2022

That’s just one major drive under way by the nonprofit golf association, which is also delivering myriad tournaments and events, special services, and classes to its 28,000 members, a roster including celebrities, national golf pros, golf coaches, amateur players, and people who work in the golf industry, says PGA of America CTO Kevin Scott.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

I received an inquiry from a reader of my blog and thought I would provide some thoughts, but would definitely welcome input: I am an unpaid CTO of a small startup. Find a lawyer and someone who does CTO searches for VC backed companies in your area. During all this time, valuation pitched to the investors was in the $1M – $3M range.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Tracy Morris, TradeMe TradeMe’s head of engineering, Tracy Morris, says that getting women into senior technical roles has remained a challenge despite a number of diversity programs at the organisation. “A And as a result of that, we kicked off a program. There’s some practical questions about how this is going to work.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Plus there is Moxie , where coaches create their own courses. is an app that lets users train with some of the world’s most famous athletes and learn the tricks of their trade via four-week guided, on-demand training programs. Our goal is to translate those winning methods into actionable programs that anyone can adopt.”.

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CIO

MARCH 11, 2025

And this human factor is where too many customer-vendor transformation programs fail. It found that satisfaction ratings are much lower for enterprises that work on network transformation programs with global SIs (scoring 6.32 A recent report from analyst firm Omdia provides additional evidence for this discontent.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote. With that in mind, SaaS startup Wingback made a fractional head of remote its first hire, “and it was the best decision we made,” said Yann Leretaille, co-founder and CTO. Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Upon completing graduate school, he began working as investment banker at Goldman Sachs and then as a financial advisor for pro athletes for NBA stars Chris Paul and Stephen Curry as well as Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman. . from Columbia Business School so that he could work in the field.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote. With that in mind, SaaS startup Wingback made a fractional head of remote its first hire, “and it was the best decision we made,” said Yann Leretaille, co-founder and CTO. TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead.

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Modern CTO

AUGUST 19, 2024

All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Our proprietary, science-backed coaching program has proven to help create future CxOs. Our proprietary, science-backed coaching program has proven to help create future CxOs. I hired a coach and began learning to lead from a neuroscience perspective.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Secure funding, design a program for a small group of individuals, and run a pilot,” he advises. Focus on transparency and alignment An effective leader clearly communicates organizational goals that align with the overall enterprise mission, says Sandeep Angra, CTO at commercial aviation services provider Unifi Aviation.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 16, 2014

By Bob Gourley Editor’s note: I’m very proud to be serving on the Haystax Technology advisory board. Haystax Technology Names Advisory Board Members. Six Advisors with Defense, Intelligence and Commercial Experience to Deliver Strategic Guidance to Haystax. McLean, VA – January 14, 2014 – Haystax Technology, Inc.

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James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

We use Extreme Programming as our model of how to develop software. You see, Extreme Programming is too. Senior software engineers are expected to have the advanced version of those skills; technical leads are expected to mentor and exercise peer leadership; and so forth. You need a coach working alongside you as you learn.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2022

Terry Angelos has left his role as senior vice president and global head of fintech at Visa after seven years to become CEO of fractional investment trading startup DriveWealth. DriveWealth pioneered fractional investing (eg: I can buy $5 of Apple) and is the leading choice to power these apps. Weekly News. More on that here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

One day later, on December 7, it was revealed that CTO Diane Yu was transitioning from her role as Chief Technology Officer – a position she had just assumed in January 2021 – into an advisory position. We ended up spending way too much time and money that nearly bankrupted the company a few times over.”.

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CIO

AUGUST 1, 2024

Many CIOs look outside their organizations to gain additional knowledge, grow their network , and strengthen their understanding of other industries, as well as domains outside of tech, observes Anjali Shaikh, US CIO program experience director for enterprise advisory firm Deloitte. “By SIM also hosts local chapter communities.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

million seed round led by Y Combinator (it is an alum of the accelerator program), with participation from Soma Capital, Goodwater Capital and individual investors like Crimson Education CEO Jamie Beaton, co-founder of WestBridge Capital and founding member of Sequoia India KP Balaraja, and Segment co-founder and ex-CTO Calvin French-Owen.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

APRIL 22, 2021

My conversations with Sachin Gupta, our CEO, Vishwastam Shukla, CTO, and Murali Krishna, HackerEarth’s Senior HR Generalist, brought to fore some insightful strategies that everyone can benefit from when hiring and onboarding interns this year. Our CTO, Vishy being the expert in this area, answered this for us.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I believe where the vulnerability lies is if you don’t keep up with the times, if you don’t accept that things will change, and if you don’t continually upskill and keep your career moving forward so that you can pivot and adapt to company and industry technology needs.” Investing in training but, more importantly, coaching is key.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? In this talk, we spent most of our time on Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One and how they should be helping you: Specify the right things to be built.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

While the tranche is a fraction of the startup’s previous raise ($70 million), Mythic claims that the tranche will enable it to bring its “next-generation” product — an improved energy-efficient AI processor — to market. Mythic initially worked on projects for the U.S.

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Apiumhub

JUNE 16, 2021

In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager. This book is ideal whether you’re a new manager, a mentor, or a more experienced leader looking for fresh advice. Mantle, Ron Lichty Mantle.

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